Cycle saddle support



June 10, 1952 R. w. FAULHABER 2,600,101

CYCLE SADDLE SUPPORT Filed Aug. 24, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. ROLAND W. FAULHABER.

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Patented June 10, 1952 CYCLE SADDLE SUPPORT Roland W. Faulhaber, Monroeville, Ohio, assignor to The Faulhaber Company,

a corporation of Ohio Application August 24, 1946, Serial No. 692,825

1 Claim. 1 This invention relates to cycle saddles and is specifically directed to an improved arrangement for adjustably mounting a saddle such as that use on a bicycle or motorcycle on the saddle post the operator. Generally, in the prior art friction alone has not been relied upon to assist in retaining the adjustable parts together, it being common to provide intermeshing serrations of V-shaped cross section to aid in securing the parts. When the clamp bolt is loose the serrations tend to move against one another and, due to their wedge-shaped structure, a powerful separating force is exerted and the parts either slip or abrade one another so that the sharp corners are rounded and the efiectiveness of the serrations is rapidly destroyed. Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to eliminate tendency of the parts to abrade or deform one another even if the clamping bolt is relatively loose and I accomplish this by providing an interengagement of the parts in which at least one of the elements presents a square corner to the other so that there is no axial separation force due to forces applied by the weight of the operator on the saddle.

Another objection to the serrated structure found in the prior art lies in the fact that to manufacture the heavier constructions extreme pressures are required to form the serrations. It is an object of my invention to reduce the difficulty and work involved in forming the interlocking means and at the same time provide a more efiective interlocking means by providing one of the members with a series of punched or drilled holes into which fits a series of projections readily punched out from the mating member, the arrangement being such that relatively little or no axial separating pressure results from force tending to rotate the parts against one another. These and other objects of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art as the following detailed description proceeds:

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a mounted saddle; Fig. 2 is a top view of the structure with the seat member and its mounting springs removed; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the structure with Monroeville, Ohio,

the seat removed and with one of the side reaches removed to show the clamp in place;

Fig. 4 is an inside view of the side. reach removed from the structure shown in Fig.3;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged partial section taken through the interlocking means showing the preferred form; g Fig. 7 is a similar section showing a modified form; v

Fig. 8 shows the clamp itself mounted in an inverted position on the post; and

Fig. 9 shows the assembledsaddle in its inverted position.

m Fig. 1 the seat S; which may be of conventional design, may be mounted on the seatsupport or reach members by means of a coil spring and a leaf spring in accordance with conventional practicathe seat mounting forming .no part of this invention. The bent seat support bar P has an inclined leg 3 for mounting in the vehicle post and a generally horizontal leg 4 that mounts a clamp member 0. Member C clamps to the leg 4 and supports a pair of saddle-support or reach members by means of the -novel structure hereinafter to be described. One longitudinally extending reach member I is visible in Fig. 1. j

vAs seen inFig. 2, there are a pair of reach members numbered I and 2 which 'are retained on the clamp C by the, bolt l6, which bolt also brings the two ears 1 of the clamp together to grip the extension leg 4 of the post P. Bolts 20 and 2| or other structure may be provided to mount the various springs to support the seat. Fig. 3 shows the clamp with a bolt and reach member 2 removed. Here can be seen the aperture l 2 in the clamp for the bolt and one set of apertures H in a clamp ear 1 for mounting one reach member, which apertures may be formed by punching or drilling operations. It can also be seen that the lower portion of the clamp is formed with a tongue 6 which cooperates with a groove 5 in the post leg 4 to prevent rotation of the clamp about the post even if the bolt is loose. In Fig. 4 the reach member 2 is shown which may have a square aperture H to receive the head of carriage bolt. The aperture is formed in a dished part l5 and a series of projections I8 are integral with reach 2 for cooperation with apertures l I in the clamp arm.

In the section shown in Fig. 5 the tongue 6, which may be pressed up from the clamp, is shown engaging the groove 5 of leg 4 on the support bar. An upper groove 5a may also be provided in order that the clamp may be mounted with the bolt below arm 4. The figure shows how the bolt l6 clamps the reach members I and 2 against the ear I of the clamp C, which ears in turn grip the post leg 4. The dished portion 9 of each clamp ear receives and nests with a, similarly dished portion :l5 on each reachamembento provide a load supporting-and centering :arrangement. The figure clearly shows how the male projections l8 fit into the apertures H in theclamp cars.

In Fig. 6 an enlarged view of the interengagement of the projections l8- on. the reach member and the aperture H in the.clampiis-shown. :I i

prefer to form the projections it by partially punching out the metal of the .reachmember. This provides a shoulder which'is-ahno'st'square for cooperation with the edge of the aperture i'l and since aperture It does provide a square .shoulder, it is not necessary that ,the entire wall or projection: f8 be .cylindrical. ,,Fig. 7 shows ,a, modified form wherein .pins I'B'a arepresse'ctor welded into the reach member la for cooperationwith aperture .t'i', this'ibeing a modified fform.

In order to :proviiie a wide range -of adjustment,I may reverse 'the' clamp C so that theears .l are below the leg 4 in which case the tongue-fi "engages theupperg'rooVeSa in-the' leg 4. This permits the seat to be mounted lower as shown in the assembled-view in-fFig-Q and the spring mounting of the seat is arranged to provide "ample clearance.

Although I have shown the male-portions 18 "of the' assembly punched I'frnm :or otherwise mounted on the reach members, Ircontemplate ithat the parts couid I be reversed and :the :aper- -tures iiormed in zthe reach members, :the male f members rbeing iprovided :in or ,'.carried by :the "'ciamp =ears21. 'flhefessence ofxzmy invention lies providing a iconstruction which will 1 have no :teniiency .tdme'dge the :parts: axially *inrresponse itofpressnre :iromfthe' weightaof the occupant of thBiVSh-Rfifi, thisrresu-ltbeingobtained byrengagement between: parts which provide sharp corners. --ltacanzalso beiseen that regard-less of the position of -:the P clamp f member on the post there :is :no tendency for the entire seat to slip sidewise' due itoa'otation-of :the;claznp aboutzthe leg 44, this desirable ,result being obtained :by the provision lofitheimngue fi andithe groovesa'i andia. .Thus, seven-though theboltl 6- becomes somewhat loose,

4 the parts will maintain their adjusted position and there will be no relative motion of the parts tending to destroy them or mutilate them so that they will require replacement.

Having thus described the present invention so that others skilled in the art may be able to understand and practice the same, I state that what :I' desire :to secure "byiLetters' Patent is defined iniwhatlis claimed.

What I claim is:

In a saddle construction a seat support bar havinga generally horizontal leg and a leg in- -clinedtheret0 for mounting in a seat post member, diametrically opposed longitudinally extending iguideimeans'hiormed on said horizontal leg, a :Ueshapedclampmaving a base portion for grip- .ping said horizontal leg, said base portion being "formed with guide means for cooperating with eithersofithe guide means on said leg to prevent rotation of said clamp .about said leg, said clamp =havingsagpain of-reachsupport members extend- -ing-, from the :base portion lthereefs-azreach member supported :by each -,of said reach-{support smembers, toner of said last namedi'members having' a series of circularly disposed proiectionsand the iother v of :said members having 1a series of .ei-rcularl-yndisposed apertures to receive ;sa-id;pro- ,jections, rand-means -.to simultaneously clamp saida reach members to isaidaclamp and the base ,portion ofsaid clamp,- to: saidrhori'zontamegwith tsaidiclamp guide means --engaging one of-said guide means on saidleg. V p zRAQLA'NWJ W. EAULHABER RiEEER-ENGES CITED The :following references :are :of "record -inzthe .file of-;this :patent:

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